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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Taeko Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/253 ; H04N 5/232 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/253 ; H04N 5/232 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a first mode for picking up an image of a subject located at a close distance and a second mode for performing normal photography, and is arranged to vary the moving range of a variator lens and/or the characteristics of an automatic focus adjustment device during the first mode.